Famous People with Name Lee

Lee Nailon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lee Nailon: is an American professional basketball player in the Russian Super League, currently with Lokomotiv Novosybirsk.After an all-conference career at Texas Christian University, Nailon was a second round (43rd overall) pick of the Charlotte Hornets in the 1999 NBA Draft. He has played for the Hornets (in separate stints for both Charlotte and New Orleans franchises in 2000-02 and 2004-05 respectively), the New York Knicks (2002-03), Atlanta Hawks (2003-04), Orlando Magic (2003-04), Cleveland Cavaliers (2003-04) and Philadelphia 76ers (2005-06). He holds NBA career averages of 8.6 points and 3.1 rebounds per game

Lee Strasberg            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lee Strasberg: was an Academy Award nominated Austro-Hungarian-American director, actor, producer, and acting teacher. He was born Israel Strassberg in Budzanów, former Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Budaniv, Ukraine), to Ida and Baruch Meyer Strassberg. n 1931, Lee Stras

Lee J Cobb            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lee J Cobb: was an American actor.Born Leo Jacoby to a Jewish family in New York City, Cobb studied at New York University before making his film debut in The Vanishing Shadow (1934). He joined the Manhattan-based left wing Group Theatre in 1935. He is probably best known for creating the role of Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's 1949 play Death of a Salesman under the direction of Elia Kazan. It is widely considered to be his best performance, and one of the greatest performances ever on the American stage.

Lee Philip Shafer            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lee Philip Shafer: is an American former professional basketball player.A 6'7" forward, Shaffer starred at the University of North Carolina, where he was the ACC Men's Basketball Player of the Year in 1960. He then played three seasons (1961-1964) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Philadelphia 76ers franchise. An NBA All-Star in 1963, Shaffer held career averages of 16.8 points per game and 6.3 rebounds per game.

Lee Wiley            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lee Wiley: was an American jazz singer popular in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. Although today less well-known than such singers of the same era as Billie Holiday, Wiley is nonetheless still appreciated by jazz aficionados and nearly all her recordings are in print. She possessed an attractive, slightly husky tone and delivered lyrics with warmth and intimacy.

Brian Craig Lee            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Brian Craig Lee: is an author and former politician. Brian Lee began his political career winning election to Calgary Municipal Council in 1977. At the time of his election he was the youngest member elected in Calgary history. Brian was re-elected and served a second term in October 1980. Brian ran as a Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta candidate in the 1982 Alberta general election and was elected as the member for Calgary-Buffalo. In this election he would defeat Tom Sindlinger leader of the Alberta Reform Movement and a previous Progressive Conservative MLA. He resigned his municipal seat after that election on November 29, 1982. Brian was defeated after his first term in the 1986 Alberta general election by Sheldon Chumir from the Alberta Liberal Party. He retired from active politics and founded Custom Learning Systems Group Ltd. He also founded the Health Care Service Excellence Institute.

Calvin Everett Lee            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Calvin Everett Lee: was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 to 1975 sitting with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus.Lee ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1971 Alberta general election. He faced three other candidates in the new electoral district of Calgary-McKnight. Lee won the hotly contested race finishing ahead of Social Credit candidate Jim Richards to pick up the district for the Progressive Conservatives who formed government in that election.

James Matthew Lee            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Matthew Lee: was the 26th Premier Prince Edward Island (1981–86). He was the leader of the PEI Progressive Conservative Party from 1981 to 1987. After a successful career in real estate and development, Lee ran in 1974 as a Progressive Conservative but failed to win a seat in the provincial legislature. Lee was elected to the PEI Legislature one year later after winning a by-election in 1975. Lee was re-elected in 1978, 1979 and 1982. Lee ran for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party of PEI in 1976 and narrowly lost to future premier J. Angus MacLean. When MacLean was elected Premier in 1979, Lee served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Social Services and Minister of Tourism, Parks and Conservation from 1979 to 1980 and as Minister of Health and Social Services from 1980 to 1981. In 1981 MacLean resigned as leader and James M. Lee won the PC leadership convention held to choose a successor to Premier J. Angus MacLean becoming the 26th Premier of Prince Edward Island. Lee led his party to re-election in 1982. In April 1982, he was sworn into the Privy Council of Canada by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Arthur John Lee            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Arthur John Lee: is a politician and lawyer in British Columbia (BC), Canada. Lee was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a candidate of the Liberal Party of Canada to represent the electoral district of Vancouver East (BC) in the 1974 federal election. He lost the subsequent election in 1979 and again in 1980. From 1984 to 1987, he served as the leader of the British Columbia Liberal Party at a time when the party was very unpopular because of its association with the federal Liberal Party. He was the first Chinese Canadian leader of a party in Canada. The party had no seats in the British Columbia Legislative Assembly during his leadership. In the 1986 election, however, the party won 6.74% of the popular vote, more than double they had won in the previous election.

Samuel Lee            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Samuel Lee: was a businessman, judge and politician in New Brunswick. He represented Northumberland County in the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly from 1795 to 1802.